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Originally posted by 02GF74
why is that? can't we hitch up the horses to pull the ploughs?
when oil runs out, it is not just petrol/diesel engines that cannot be run but a lot of products such as plastics that are derived from oil will not
be able to be made. the former can be repalced by donkeys or electric motors, not sure how you will be able to make play stations or plastic bottles
though.
You really think that electric motors or horses could compete with the diesel engine? We can just about farm enough to supply our country, but that is
because we have developed tools and techniques to increase yield, slash costs etc. No oil means no fuel (as we currently know it), no fertilizers. If
you think how much work farmers currently have to do, and the tools they have - now strip away the majority of those tools, and expect the yields to
increase to meet the growing population!? throw in a bit of climate change, and things go from bad to worse.... I suspect in my lifetime, we will see
food shortages in the UK.
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